adjective
- Having symmetry about an axis; symmetric with respect to rotation around a central axis.
Usage: technical; mathematics and physics
Examples
- The engineer analyzed the axisymmetric flow of fluid through a cylindrical pipe.
- An axisymmetric object looks the same when rotated around its central axis.
- The problem was simplified by assuming axisymmetric conditions.
- A cone is an axisymmetric shape because it has rotational symmetry about its vertical axis.
- The computational model used axisymmetric geometry to reduce the complexity of the simulation.